Tearing Down the Streets : adventures in urban anarchy.
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TextPublication details: New York, Palgrave, 2001. Description: 282 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 0-312-23335-3 (hbk.)Subject(s): 1980-2020 | Anarchism United States | CitiesDDC classification: MCL 307.760973 FER Summary: "From New York to San Francisco, Times Square to The Tenderloin, graffiti artists, young people, radical environmentalists, and the homeless clash with police on city streets in an attempt to take back urban spaces from the developers and the "Disneyfiers." Drawing on more than a decade of first-hand research and participation in a variety of cities, including Denver, San Francisco, New York, Amsterdam, Prague, Phoenix, and Flagstaff, this account of Ferrell's adventures goes inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless gutter punks, militant bicycle activists, high-risk "BASE jump" parachutists, skateboarders, outlaw radio operators, and hip hop graffiti artists to explore the day-to-day battles over public life and public space.
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"From New York to San Francisco, Times Square to The Tenderloin, graffiti artists, young people, radical environmentalists, and the homeless clash with police on city streets in an attempt to take back urban spaces from the developers and the "Disneyfiers." Drawing on more than a decade of first-hand research and participation in a variety of cities, including Denver, San Francisco, New York, Amsterdam, Prague, Phoenix, and Flagstaff, this account of Ferrell's adventures goes inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless gutter punks, militant bicycle activists, high-risk "BASE jump" parachutists, skateboarders, outlaw radio operators, and hip hop graffiti artists to explore the day-to-day battles over public life and public space.
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